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• Breeching (tack) — Breeching (PronEng|ˈbrɪtʃɨŋ, britching ) is a strap around a draft, pack or riding animal s haunches. Both under saddle and in harness, breeching engages when an animal slows down or travels downhill and is either used for braking or to stabilize …   Wikipedia

• breeching — [brich′iŋ, brēch′iŋ] n. a harness strap around a horse s hindquarters to help in holding back a vehicle on a downgrade: see HARNESS …   English World dictionary

• Breeching — Breech ing, n. 1. A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech. [1913 Webster] I view the prince with Aristarchus eyes, Whose looks were as a breeching to a boy. Marlowe. [1913 Webster] 2. That part of a harness which passes… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• harness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bridle, traces, hackamore; gear. v. control, utilize; curb, yoke. See domestication, restraint, use. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tackle, gear, yoke, apparatus, bridle, accoutrements, rigging, fittings.… …   English dictionary for students

• breeching — /ˈbrɪtʃɪŋ/ (say briching), /ˈbritʃɪŋ/ (say breeching) noun 1. the part of the harness which passes around a horse s breech. 2. Navy a strong rope fastened to a ship s side, to check the recoil of a gun or to secure it …  

• breeching — /brich ing, bree ching/, n. 1. the part of a harness that passes around the haunches of a horse. See illus. under harness. 2. a smoke pipe connecting one or more boilers with a chimney. 3. Navy. (formerly) a strong rope fastened to a ship s side… …   Universalium

• breeching — ˈbrēchiŋ, chēŋ also especially in rural areas ˈbrich or chə̇n noun ( s) Etymology: breech (I) + ing 1. : the part of a harness that passes around the breech of a draft animal and enables him to hold back a vehicle see harness illustration …   Useful english dictionary

• breeching — noun Date: circa 1524 1. the part of a harness that passes around the rump of a draft animal 2. the short coarse wool on the rump and hind legs of a sheep or goat; also the hair on the corresponding part of a dog …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• breeching — Synonyms and related words: back band, backstrap, bearing rein, bellyband, bit, blinders, blinds, bridle, caparison, cavesson, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, cinch, collar, crownband, crupper, curb, gag swivel, girth, hackamore, halter, hames,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• harness — Synonyms and related words: accouterments, armature, armor, armor plate, back band, backstrap, bearing rein, bed, bed down, bellyband, bit, blinders, blinds, body armor, break, breeching, bridle, brolly, brush, buckler, bulletproof vest,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• breeching — breech•ing [[t]ˈbrɪtʃ ɪŋ, ˈbri tʃɪŋ[/t]] n. dch the part of a harness that passes around the haunches of a horse. • Etymology: 1505–15 …   From formal English to slang